What Is a Sone Rating
The Industry Standard for Measuring the Amount of Noise a Fan Makes When It’s in Use Is Called Sones. … the Lower the Sone Rating, the Quieter the Fan Will Be...
The industry standard for measuring the amount of noise a fan makes when it’s in use is called sones. … The lower the sone rating, the quieter the fan will be. One sone is equivalent to the sound of a quiet refrigerator, so a quiet bathroom exhaust fan will be rated at about 1 1/2 sones or less.
What does 4.0 sones sound like?
Here are some examples of sone measurements: 4.0 sones is the sound of normal television (which would be ridiculously loud for a normal bathroom fan, though I’ve heard some this loud!)
What does 7 sones sound like?
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